Bed-bottom fabric.



W. H. SLEIGHT.

BED BOTTOM FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8,1910.

969,568. Patented Sept. 6,1910.

5 Inventor WILLIAM H. SLEIGHT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

. BED-BOTTOM FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented- Sept. 6, 1910.

Application filed April 8, 1910. Serial No. 554.193.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, ll'immnt H. SLEIoirr, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottom Fabrics. of which the following is a full. clear. and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that :haracter of bed bottom fabrics (.Oln])()st*tl of a plurality of wire units interengaging with each other and which are designed to be connected to bed frames by springs interposed between the fabric and the frames at the ends or sides of the bed in which the bed bottom fabric is used.

Figure I is a top or plan view of fragments of a bed frame and a. portion of my bed bottom fabric connected to said frame by springs of a usual type. Fig. II is a perspective View of one. of the wire units entering into the structure of my bed bottom fabric.

in the :u-companying drawings designates one of the wire units of which my bed bottom fabric is con'iposed; and inasmuch as the wire units of which my bed bottom fabric is composed are similar throughout the fabric, I will. for the purpose of simplicity, limit the description in detail to one of such units. In making the wire unit A, a piece of wire is doubled intermediate of its ends to produce a longitudinal section comprising strands 1 and 2. the strand 1 being shorter than the strand 2 and terminating in a loop 3. The strands l and 2. which are approximately parallel with each other, are bent at the end of the longitudinal section of the unit farthestv removed from the loop 3 of the strand 1 to produce a book i. in the production of which both of the strands l and 2 are utilized and at the termination of which said strands join each other. The strand 2 of the unit A extends beyond the loop 3 at the teri'ninus of the strand 1 and is bentfbackwardly to said loop, thus producing an eye 5, then laterally and again forwardly to produce a second eye (t, the flatter of which receives the loop of the strand 1.

i' is a transversely extending arm leading from the forward end of the eye t and which is arranged at. substantially a right angle to the longitudinal section of the unit.

-\ and terminates at its free end. or the-end farthest removed from the longitudinal section in a loop 8 produced by bending theend of the lateral arm backwardly,'as seeniin Fig. II.

, In making up my bed bottom fabric,.the units A are nmted in r0ws, as seen in Fig.

I. by placing the'loops 8 of the lateral arm 7 in engagement with the eyes 5 of ,the strands 2 of the next adjoining units, thereby connecting the units transversely of the fabric across its entire width. The nnits in the transverse rows intermediate of the ends-1 of the fabric are united to each other through the medium of the hooks 4. that 0ccupy the eyes 5 of the units in the transverse rows In front of the successtveintermediate rows and the endmost row of unitsv 'the bed frame at that end and which may be placed in connection with the fabric by ap plying them to the eyes -l of the units 1n the transverse row of'umts at such end of the fabric.

The bed bottom fabric herein shown and described is extremely simple in construction, and inexpensive. due to'the particular structure of the units thatenter into the fabric and in the production of which there is no waste of material, or unnecessary material, in furnishing a fabric having a high degree of strength, durability and lightness of weight.

I claim:

1. bed bottom fabric comprising nnits made of single pieces of wire folded intermediate of their ends to form sections comprising two strands forming a section having a hook atthe folded end of the wire, one of the strands of each section being provided at one end of the. section with an eye,

and a laterally extending member connected to a mating unit', and the; other strand of the. sectionlaeing provided with a loop en-, gaging the tirst mentio'l'led strand.

2. A bed bottom fabric comprising units made of single pieces of wire folded intermediate of their ends, each comprising two strands forming a section having a hook/ art,

the folded end of the wire, one of said strands being provided at one end of said section with a pair of eyes, and a laterally extending member connected to a mating unit, and the other strand engaging one of the eyes of the first mentioned strand.

3. A bed bottom fabric comprising units made of single pieces of wire folded intermediate of their ends, each comprising two strands forming a section having a hook at the folded end of the wire, one of said strands being provided at one end of said section with a pair of eyes, and a laterally extendin member connected to a mating unit, an the other strand being provided with a loop in engagement with one of the eyes of the first mentioned strand.

4. A bed bottom fabric comprising units made of single pieces of wire folded intermediate of their ends to form sections comprising two strands substantially parallel with each other, each section having a hook at the folded end of the wire, one of the strands being provided at one end of said section with a pair of eyes, and a laterally extending arm leading from one of said eyes and having a loop connected to a mating unit, and the other strand being provided.

with a loop in engagement with the eye from which said arm extends.

5. A bed bottom fabric composed of units WILLIAM H. SLEIGHT.

In the presence of J. C. FRACHTLING, EDNA B. LINN. 

